Genevive
#11,263 in 2025Girls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Genevive has been given to 1,077 babies in the U.S. since 1892. In 2025 it ranked #11,263 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1923, with 35 recorded.
Babies named Genevive, 2025
1 in 414,000
Genevive over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Genevive?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 414,000
- 8 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 201,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #11,263
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 287,238 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Genevive sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Genevive. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Genevives were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Genevive was born before 1936 — so the typical Genevive is around 89 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 21.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 21.8%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 432
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 21.7% of all recorded uses (234).
Is Genevive rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +175
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +3,878
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.33×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 22.9%
- Peak was 1923 (35)
- Years since peak
- 102
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 25.2% average annual change
Spellings of Genevive
Genevive is not the most common spelling — Genevieve is, with 94.6% against Genevive's 0.81%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Genevive is used
Across 1910–2025, Genevive was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,250,003 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Illinois1 in —
- 3New York1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Genevive has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Genevive around the world
Where Genevive ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1948–1948#369in 1948
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Genevive by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Genevive
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Genevive
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.